Door-casing fastening.



No. 648,747. Patented May I, I900.

J H IBSEN DOOR CASING FASTENING.

(Application filed Oct. 14, 1899.)

(No model.)

WITNESSES INVENTO ATTORNEYS closely against the grounds and will also ofChicago, in the county of Cook and State portions of the wires 11 alsopass through ing of the wires may be done by passing a UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

JENS ,HENRICK IBSEN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-CASING FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 648,747, dated May 1,1900.

Application filed October 14, 1899 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, Jam I-IENRIoKIBsEN,

of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Door-Casing Fastening, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in fastenings for the casings ofdoors or the like in buildings; and the object is to provide a simplemeans whereby the casing may be quickly and easily secured in positionwithout the use of nails or similar devices and without danger ofbreaking the wall-plaster adjacent to the grounds, as often happens whencasings are put upin the usual manner, and thus requiring patching ofthe wall.

I will describe a door-casing fastening embodying my'invention and. thenpoint out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part ofthis specification, in which the figure of the drawing is a horizontalsection of a portion of a door and casing, showing a fastening embodyingmy invention applied.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a stud, 2 the grounds, and 3 theplaster. The casing-strips 4 5 are secured to the jamb, here shown asconsisting of two sections 6 7, the section 6 being secured to the strip4 and the section 7 being secured to the strip 5. When the casing iscompletely in position, dowels 8 at suitable intervals are engaged withthe. sections 6 and 7 of the jamb.

Secured in the casing-strips 4 and 5 at the inner side and near the rearedge are screweyes 9 10, and looped through opposite screweyes is afastening-wire 11. It will be noted that the screw-eyes pass intoopenings 12, formed in the grounds, and .that the doubled said openingsand through diagonally-disposed openings 13, formed in the stud 1. The

between said stud and the jamb. The twistsuitable tool through the spacebetween the amb-sections. This twisting of the wires will of course drawthe casing-strips 4 and 5' draw the jamb-sections onto the dowels. Aftersecuring the casing in position, as above noted, a stop-strip 14 may besecured in place,

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covering the space between the j amb-sections.

With this means of fastening a door-casing are put up and secured bymeans of nails or Further, the fastening devices are screws. whollyhidden from outside view. I

While lhave shown and described my invention as applied to adoor-casing,it is to be understood that it equally applies to Window,

transom,'and like casings.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desireto'secure by Letters Patent- 1. As a means for fastening a casing, metalstrips extended from the casing-strips'to the inner side of thecasing-stud and having their ends secured together, substantially asspecified.

2. A casing-fastening, comprising wires attached to the casing-strips,the said wires being passed through openings in a stud and having theirends twisted together, substantially as specified. i V

3. A fastening for a door or similar casing, comprising eyes attached tothe inner sides of the casing-strips near their rear edges, and wireslooped through said eyes, the said looped wires, being passed throughopenings formed A door-casing, comprising the casingstrips, a jambconsisting of two sections,'one section being secured to eachcasing-strip, dowel connections between the twojamb-sections, andafastening consisting of wires at.-

. tached to the casing-strips at the inner side,

the two wires being twisted together at the ends, substantially asspecified.

-5. As a means for securiuga door-casing or the like, in position, wiresconnected to the casing-strips at theinner side and extended throughdiagonally-disposed openings in the grounds and stud, the two wireshaving their ends twisted together at the inner side of the stud,substantially as specified.

, .IENs HENRIOK IBSEN.

Witnesses:

FRANKLIN G. AvERs, Gus A.'BUERK.

.in thestud and having their-.endstwisted toj gether' at the inner sideof the stud, substantially as specified.

